Chapter 54: Serving for a Lifetime

"What is that?"

"With Xu Huaishan."

This answer was something Zhong Meixian had not expected.

"Xu Huaishan?"

Zhong Meixian didn't believe it, "You two had a fight?"

"How is that possible?"

"You two haven't had a fight in decades."

It would have been fine if Zhong Meixian hadn't said this, but after she did, Gu Jin was so angry that his face turned red. "Yes, it's been decades since I've had a fight with him. That's because I don't fight with him. I serve him like an emperor, so naturally he doesn't fight with me."

Gu Jin was getting angrier and angrier the more she thought about it. Just because she didn't help Xu Huaishan pour water for washing his feet last night, Xu Huaishan started arguing with her today. This kind of life where they never got angry...

Gu Jin didn't dare to think about it anymore, she looked up at the sky.

Wen Tang and Chi Yue appeared at the right time, one handed water and the other handed melon seeds.

They both sincerely wanted to comfort Gu Jin, and they also knew that Gu Jin had brought melons today.

In the countryside in the 1970s, there was nothing interesting to do except sleeping with men every day. It was really boring.

So they don't want to miss out on any small bit of gossip.

Gu Jin looked at the water and melon seeds in front of him, then looked at the two curious heads, and decided not to hide it anymore.

In Gu Jin's opinion, Wen Tang and Chi Yue are not outsiders, so maybe... maybe their idea is right.

And the key is that they have the ability!

If you are incompetent, can you control your mother-in-law and husband as soon as you enter the house?

Thinking of this, Gu Jin held up the teacup, his eyes red with anger as he began to speak, "Last night, I didn't help that bastard Xu Huaishan pour out his foot washing water, and today he got up and started to look at me with a nose that was not a nose, and a eye that was not an eye."

"He blamed me for not pouring out the footwashing water. I said he didn't have hands, so he got angry and kicked the footwashing water over. Then the whole room was full of water, and it was wet. It all got on his feet..." Gu Jin became more and more angry as he spoke. He picked up the teacup and drank some water, and wiped his eyes at the same time.

Wen Tang and Chi Yue looked at each other, both shocked. What kind of feudal cancer had taken over the body of Gu's uncle?

Can’t you pour the foot washing water yourself?

"Aunt, why didn't you fall on your uncle's head?" Wen Tang couldn't help but ask directly.

Chi Yue even said, "Pour it into your mouth to avoid disturbing others."

Wen Tang thought about it and nodded.

Zhong Meixian "..."

Wow, each one is more awesome than the last!

Gu Jin felt relieved after hearing this, "I also think it's too bullying."

"Tell me, I have been serving him all my life, why can't he pour the foot washing water himself?"

"The beating was too light," Wen Tang said bluntly.

Zhong Meixian moved the stool back.

Wen Tang continued, "Aunt, when he kicked over the water, you should have just smashed the basin!"

“But…” Now Gu Jin stuttered.

It wasn't that she was afraid that Xu Huaishan would beat her or anything, she just felt bad that something was broken.

Wen Tang asked, "Auntie, are you worried about the basin?"

Gu Jin nodded, "These are all things I bought with money."

Wen Tang moved closer to her and said, "Aunt, they dared to kick the pot, but you didn't dare to smash it. If they don't bully you, who will they bully?"

Chi Yue also nodded, "That's right."

"You know, we always encourage separation rather than reconciliation."

As soon as Chi Yue finished speaking, Zhong Meixian quickly moved the stool back to stop her from continuing her nonsense.

"Xiaoyue," Zhong Meixian shouted, "Don't talk nonsense."

"Your great aunt and your great uncle have lived together for a lifetime, and now they are separated..."

Wen Tang interrupted her and said, "Mom, you are wrong. It's not about living a lifetime, it's about serving a lifetime."

As soon as Wen Tang said this, Gu Jin's hesitant heart suddenly became firm, "Xiao Tang is right, what do you mean by a lifetime? I just served him for a lifetime."

"When I was young, I served my mother-in-law, and now I have to serve him. Now that I am old, I still serve him. Doesn't he have hands and feet?"

"During those two difficult years, I not only took care of my family, but also went to the fields to earn work points. However, I also did a lot of housework!"

"I raised the child by myself, no one helped me..." When Gu Jin said this, he could no longer hold back and tears streamed down his face.

She no longer cared about whether it was embarrassing or not. The basin of foot washing water became the last straw that broke the camel's back.

Maybe she would continue to feel aggrieved, continue to pour the foot washing water, and live her life as before. She would still be the object of others' envy, a model couple who had not had a quarrel for decades.

In fact, he could still endure it, but Gu Jin suddenly didn't want to endure it anymore.

She has endured it all her life.

In her entire life, she has never experienced what it means to know the difference between cold and heat.

Nephews can cook for their nieces-in-law. They are both wives, but Xu Huaishan made things difficult for her just because she didn't help him pour water for washing his feet...

Wen Tang helped her wipe her tears and told her, "Aunt, don't cry, you are not wrong."

"If you don't want to go home, you can stay at our house for a few days first. You can also stay at our house forever. Yan Li and I will take care of you in your old age."

Gu Jin felt that he did not need a nephew or niece-in-law to support him in his old age, but Wen Tang could say this. Gu Jin held her hands with tears in his eyes, and was so moved that he could not speak. He just kept repeating, "You are a good child, you are a good child."

Because Gu Jin had a quarrel with Xu Huaishan, Wen Tang and the others asked Gu Jin to stay for lunch.

Wen Tang asked her to try Chi Yue's cooking, so Gu Jin didn't insist on leaving.

Gu Yanli also needed to buy two pounds of meat and a piece of tofu.

Chi Yue braised the meat and made the tofu into Mapo Tofu, and made fish soup with one of the fish that Gu Yanli caught.

They also used the green onions they dug yesterday to make fried green onion eggs.

Gu Jin wanted to help, but Wen Tang and Chi Yue said no.

Zhong Meixian also said, "I can't say anything else, but don't worry about cooking, they will do it!"

Then the two of them sat at the kitchen door and talked.

Help pick some onions and give me a helping hand.

When Wen Tang saw Zhong Meixian picking green onions, he remembered what Lin Jiaojiao said, "Mom, I heard from Jiaojiao that the pancakes you made with these green onions are delicious. Is that true?"

Zhong Meixian immediately raised her chin with pride, "I'm not bragging to you, I'm really good at this."

As Zhong Meixian spoke, she lowered her head to glance at the small wild onions piled in the basket, then looked up at Gu Jin and said, "Aunt, don't leave tonight. I'll make you some vegetable pancakes and put eggs in them."

Gu Jin was actually a little embarrassed.

Although every household has more food in the past two years than in the past two years, there is actually no surplus, and every household still lives frugally.

If there was one more person in the family...

As if she knew what she was thinking, Zhong Meixian said, "No matter how short of food you have, I can still give you a bite to eat!"

Wen Tang also said, "Aunt, if you go back like this, your uncle will think, look, you have no place to vent your anger, won't he become even more unscrupulous?"